99 lyrics

[Intro: TOTEM]

They try and look me in the eyes and tell me

There ain't no prize to be won, no, no

No, I've been fighting for the top, I'm ready

All I know is I want it all, all

[Verse 1: Russ]

Yeah, it's time to pack

Luggage full of dreams with the tags still intact

But the plastic's still wrapped, I haven't opened it

With my feet up on a top floor screaming "Jesus"

But I want more, it's all good, though

This feel like that blow a pound with my dawgs on my Suge flow

They love me in the hood, so

Shout out Macivan spreading CD's round the discount mall like a virus

Bosses choking, hope your employees know how to do the heimlich

Left the bullshit way behind like Kirk Hinrich

I'm the first of my kind, ain't no doubt about it

Slightly schizophrenic, I'm in the studio with myself

There's still a crowd around

Think I finally found the youth, it's in the truth

Since 50 rocked the vest, I had the jukes

With my feet up on a top floor screaming "Jesus"

But I want more

[Hook: Russ]

I won't stop until I hear the world scream my name out, name out

Who you are is what you do, not what you say

I bring the bang out, bang out

Oooo, I'm popping, oooo, I'm popping

Oooo, I'm popping, oooo, I'm popping

[Verse 2: Paulina]

I made a promise to myself in '99

Not to shoot for the sky would've been my biggest crime

Sifted through my teens, growing now, I got a dream going

People said you sick for believing so I sneezed on 'em

Spent the rest nights focused on the lights

Aim for the stars, cock back, open flight

Then I got caught, hot fingerprints on the shotgun

List of success suspects and I'm the top one

You could see me live, getting swifted

You could call my momma, if you ask, she'd admit that

Climbing from the bottom, got grit and the fools take hits

But the shooter in the pit cause she fit

So please don't pity me, you see me holding keys

I always like to tease, won't be the bitch to appease

Soon the hoes come running and the checks start coming

But I'm in it for the height, not the summit

[Hook:

Russ]

I won't stop until I hear the world scream my name out, name out

Who you are is what you do, not what you say

I bring the bang out, bang out

Oooo, I'm popping, oooo, I'm popping

Oooo, I'm popping, oooo, I'm popping

[Outro: Paulina

I made a promise to myself in '99

I was gonna shine

I made a promise to myself in '99

I was gonna shine

I made a promise to myself in '99

I was gonna shine

I made a promise to myself in '99

I was gonna shine

I made a promise to myself in '99

That I'd get real big, open up a few minds

I made a promise to myself in '99

I was gonna shine